Chasing Redbird

The story is told from the perspective of -

• a third-person narrator who is not fully trustworthy

• an omniscient third-person narrator

• an unreliable first-person narrator

• a first-person narrator who is naive

Which quotation provides the best evidence that the story takes place in a rural setting?

• On one of our walks, she headed for the bushes.

• When the first frost came in November, Aunt Jessie fretted.

• She reached across the bush in front and touched my plastic rose.

• I ran to the barn, ashamed and confused.

The dialogue in paragraph 5 reveals —

• Aunt Jessie’s cruelty and the narrator’s hope for redemption

• Aunt Jessie’s pragmatism and the narrator’s need to gain approval

• Aunt Jessie’s fatalism and the narrator’s desire to console

• Aunt Jessie’s sarcasm and the narrator’s longing for acceptance

The description of Aunt Jessie in paragraph 3 emphasizes that she —

• likes to be in control of situations

• does not want to admit her difficulty overcoming grief

• remains distant from her family

• continues to mourn the death of her child

Which quotation provides the best evidence of the narrator’s sensitivity?

• She and I would walk through them, counting the blooms.

• It sent a shiver through me.

• I snuck it into the rosebushes in the yard, tying it to a branch.

• Bonnie and I were wandering around the store, unable to make up our minds what to

  choose.

In paragraph 2, the "first frost" represents the -

• persistence of hope

• unfairness of life

• inevitability of death

• beginning of trouble

In comparison to what the other children spend their money on at the store, the narrator’s

purchase makes her seem —

• unselfish

• practical

• gullible

• romantic